This is really great. I very much like citizens that take the initiative. If Bitcoin is banned in your country and you think it's a bad idea, you can contest against that. Only very few citizens think this way. So, I give you some respect there. But I'm sure you already know it won't be an easy task. Because no matter the country it is, you will be fighting against the big names and economic powers. And in such cases, presentation of logic might not be the solution after all. It's been some time now, so, fill us in on how your project worked.

Hmm, doesn't sound bad actually. The fact of the matter is that mind uploading might never come to be. In fact, I sincerely doubt it world. But even if it does happen, I do not really see it revolutionizing society. Of course, it might be good for historical purposes. But beyond that, I do not see any major difference.Though there might be a great benefit. And I think it will be the ability to preserve great ideas, even yet disclosed to the public.

Quite a lot of sense made here. I agree mostly with what you've said. The promise of decentralization that BTC makes is a huge one. And I think it's slowly deviating away from that. Even if it started out with a system that looked decentralized, things are changing. Power and control are still moving into a specific set of arms. Though this time in a more subtle way. And it might only get more deepened.

Personally, I believe strongly that religion is very important. I even consider that life without religion is meaningless. But the truth is I prefer not to say this to others most of the time. Because I believe that one can truly appreciate religion only when they come to this realization themselves. Religion in its pure state only produces better people. There are many lessons in the world today that have been neglected. And this is so because the neglect of religion has become trendy. There is a major problem with man's nature that he can never solve no matter how hard he tries except in the pursuit of God.

I will say two things quickly. It should happen. It will happen. Take for example, most of the countries that banned cryptocurrency really did it because of lack of understanding. Most don't really understand the currency and how it works. And if this is the case, it also means they can't regulate it. I don't know of any government in the world that will permit an innovation that they cannot control, especially when it is related to finances. At the start, when few people are using the currency, it can be left unregulated. But as it becomes more widespread, the government will either ban it or regulate it. So, it's one of the two.

Infidelity is an absolutely sensitive topic. It is always best to avoid it completely. This is not just true in marriages but in relationships also. Hearts are very delicate organs and trust is hard to acquire. But if it happens, it is necessary to properly assess the situation. People make mistakes and I believe that they should not forsaken for such. In view of the efforts and sacrifice put into relationships and marriage, forgiveness is a very great option. But in circumstances where one partner is consistently unfaithful, I do not consider that such relationships should continue.

Very inspirational stuff but life ain't that straightforward. The fact is most of the people we remember most today were also freaking wealthy people. Whether we remember them for good or not is also another big question. So, it's alright to pursue wealth. But we must do so for the right reasons. And on the top of the list of right reasons is helping people. Personally, I want to be remembered for helping my country grow industrially. I think this is my greatest desire.

I think this is clear without doubt. Electric cars are a thing of the future. And I will always choose the future over the past. There are many ways they just outdo gasoline cars. One major area will be environmentally. Doing away with all that CO2 and going greener will benefit us and all other species on the planet. But electric cars aren't without their own problems. However my major question is whether or not there's enough lithium on earth if everyone decided to use electric cars.

There's one great tip to sleeping better at night. It is to be very active and engaged during the day. Many people in this generation spend a lot of time sitting around and on social media. For some, it is TV and all sorts of other electronics. These impede our sleeping later at night. One other crucial point is to sleep at regular time. And I would say most preferably, early. Sleeping early and waking up early do not just ensure that you sleep well but also helps you to be more productive during the day.

This is very true. I have always been skeptical about a Bitcoin only future. To me, this is just fantasy. And many people seem to have subscribed to it these days. There are many problems with such thinking. Some have also said that there is no room whatsoever for Bitcoin in the future. But it is not news that many countries have been canvassing for a cashless society. This even came up before the introduction of digital currency. So, digital currencies actually further this cause for the government.

Countries where social welfare schemes are properly implemented by the governments don’t have high levels of unemployment. In fact when a country has a large number of homeless and unemployed people, it is a clear indication that something is wrong with the way it is governed. But can governments be held completely responsible for loss of jobs and homes? Let’s examine.

Both internal and external factors can have a significant effect on a nation’s economy. A good government should be able to control the internal conflicts that might be causing joblessness. However, no government in the world can effectively control external affairs. For example, a lot of people lost jobs due to the economic crisis in 2008. Although recession was mainly in the US, its effect was felt all over the globe. In fact, the US recession caused job loss in countries like India and China. It affected India’s booming outsourcing industry. And because it was an external factor, the governments in India or China couldn’t do anything to ease its ramifications.

Nonetheless, there are many things that governments can do to reduce the severity of these problems and protect their citizens.

Corruption is based on character alone. It has no relationship with literacy or illiteracy. Illiteracy is one's status obtained from the lack of access to education through reading and writing. But, reading and writing alone is not the sole means of acquiring knowledge. So, an illiterate person can also be knowledgeable and wise.

Literacy can however open up a huge opportunity to enhance knowledge, develop skills, and also become more innovative and intelligent.

All these attributes can help a good man to live honestly and a bad man to lead a vile life. Education is merely a tool for gaining knowledge, honing skills and solving problems. A corrupt person can also use his education either to lead an honest life or for enhancing skills to become more corrupt without getting caught. One can choose and get enough learning material for catering to either proclivities.

Just like we differentiate between good conduct and bad conduct, we should also differentiate between good education and bad education.

1) The Core Team That Develops The Currency Has Control
2) The Public Contributors Have Some Control
3) The Payment Network Itself Has Some Control
4) The Miners Have Some Control
5) The Cryptocurrency Exchanges Have Some Control (kind of...)

The key to understanding control of a crypto currency (via consensus and contribution) vs control of a fiat currency (via central banking) is simple.

A central bank has the ability to extract value from the people who use their fiat currency. They have a government with guns to enforce the use of the currency.

All the participants of a crypto currency can only create value for each other or the entire thing falls apart because there is no incentive to support the currency.

A failure to perpetuate the core ideas that make a crypto coin possible makes everyone involved poorer so there are many positive incentives intentionally built into crypto currencies that prevent everyone from becoming poorer.

I hope this was useful for you!

The innovation in Bitcoin is decentralized consensus. Because of this, we are able to have a decentralized network that transfers value. I believe we all agree that a good number of full nodes (whether that be owned by miners or by users) are needed to keep the decentralized nature of this network.

However, there are plethora of disagreements on how much is needed to keep this network decentralized. In my opinion, we should aim high in order to keep the network decentralized and thus should do all we can to make it easier for anyone to have full nodes. If the cost of running a full node is so cheap and so fast, SPVs wouldn't even be needed; this removes the need for many things such as the inefficient (and not working) Bloom filters. The thing that stops individuals from running full nodes is how long it takes for the initial synchronization process. To conclude, imo, cost of full nodes should be so cheap that every wallet would be a full node that has its own full copy of the blockchain (you could prune if storage is the problem).

If we don't aim to have as much full nodes as possible, that means that there is a "good enough". Where would this "good enough" be and what are the reasons you came to this conclusion?

Any thoughts are very welcome and appreciated.

Wow, that is an interesting comment. If you say no tax at all, how then do you think government will earn revenues for national development?
All governments around the world depend on national tax is a way of income. I am not advocating for taxes, but looking at what these taxes bring if the right people are managing them, its there for all to see. More over, it will be very difficult for a nation to stand without taxes in this current capitalist world.

maybe these views can work:

1. End all policies that reward parents financially based on the number of children they have. Governments can preserve and even increase tax and other financial benefits aimed at helping parents by linking these not to the number of children they have, but to parenthood status itself.

2. Integrate lessons on population, environment, and development into school curricula at multiple levels. Refraining from advocacy or propaganda, schools should educate students to make well-informed choices about the impacts of their behavior, including childbearing, on the environment.

3. Put prices on environmental costs and impacts. In quantifying the cost of an additional family member by calculating taxes and increased food costs, couples may decide that the cost of having an additional child is too high. Such decisions, freely made by women and couples, can decrease birth rates without any involvement by non-parents in reproduction.

According to my opinion, I think It's income and should be taxed. There should be a tax on capital gains because it's income and the current law is that people pay taxes on their income. If we want to debate or reform that policy, perhaps we should, but then it should be targeted at all kinds of income taxes, not just capital gains taxes. Getting rid of capital gains taxes by themselves is simply a way to cut taxes on the rich, because the rich make more money through capital gains than poor people do.

What is your thought on this matter?

This little topic came into discussion a little while ago, while being bored at work.

In some places now, spanking or hitting your child is outright banned and you can be arrest for such a thing(I think..don't hold me to this), while in generations past, it was a reasonable way for disciplining your kid. For some reason the view on this has changed, which leads to many little blurps on shows like Dr. Phil, with parents not know what to do with their children, or feeling they will emotionally scar them if they do so. So what I want to know is, what is your view on this whole affair?

While I'm only 21 years and not a parent yet, I think if I do have kids, there will be some spanking/physical discipline if things get out of hand. Some of the kids I see today are so..loose, bratty, and walk all over their parents, while just a little bit of discipline and punishment would go a long way over time to stop some aggressive behavior. This may not be entirely true for all circumstances, but I still think it could be helpful in the long run, this is just my point of view though.

To me, religion speaks more of organization doctrine and practices and 'spiritual' speaks more of personal experience. But as I say, they are both quite broad terms.

Do you think (like me) that there is a border between religion and science?
I think they are completely different concepts. Science is the study of the world based on evidence. Region is belief without evidence. However, I see no reason why one cannot use science to try to check ones beliefs, or dispute others beliefs. I find belief contrary to the accepted evidence to be irrational (despite its prevalence).

Or are there situations in science where religion is useful? Or situations in religion where science is useful?
I don't think religion is useful in science. Of course one can still study religions scientifically. I do think religious people should not ignore science.
We must remember though that religion covers both the organizations and the beliefs. A very large proportion of members of religions are in it for the organization more than the belief. I could easily see a situation where science could be used to further the aims of a religion (or even to create one and call it 'Scientology'. )

"Many people subscribe to the notion that since our universe is so massive, that there must be advanced life-forms like ourselves out there. But mere numbers do not make it true. Current studies of our universe show us that it's highly improbable for life to be anywhere else in the universe but Earth."
The numbers tell us the universe is so incredibly huge that there's bound to be a few planets out there who can host life like ours. However, because the universe is so huge, we may never come into contact with them.
However, we don't 'know' they exist, its just probable from what we do know.

" I believe that history has born witness for the truth in the God of Christianity, the resurrection of Jesus. "
There was a historical character that was Jesus Christ. There is no serious historical record (apart from the Bible) that claims his resurrection or his more divine acts.